> "...there used to be a setting in one of the Options dialogue boxes relating to cookies handling on sites (e.g., which site was allowed to put them), but I cannot see any such setting in the latest version."
>>" Options - Privacy - Exceptions."
that section changes according to what the user has chosen in the dropdown box for History. In mine I decided to leave it at the default value it had when I updated a couple of days ago, i.e., "Firefox will: Never remember history". In doing so, that section remained bare. If you change it to something else, then additional control buttons appear there, where a user can make additional decisions for cookies and such. I did not see the change because I left it as I saw it, thinking this would be good to try for a while. However, I can see now that it was maybe not a good choice for me if I also want to control cookies, etc..
My intention in doing so (i.e., Never remember history) was related to this conversation about HTTPS and NoScript. I want to feel confident that I can go from one site to another without disclosing to one of them the cookies I might have gotten elsewhere. If I change my dropdown box so that "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history", while simultaneously setting it to "Always use private browsing mode", this permits me also to have cookies, which I do need to accept from time to time for proper functionality. Now if I can simultaneously keep them obfuscated by using a setting in NoScript, then I should be good-to-go at this point.
I do not need to retain any of these cookies in Firefox from one session to the next. Indeed, even when I leave a site, I want its cookies, if any, to be discarded for the rest of that session and beyond, until I happen to visit again, at which point I can just accept new cookies if need be. Yet, I do not want to have to be making deliberate clicks and choices all the time about deleting cookies as I move from one site to another in any given session. If I can make use of NoScript to manage this issue, as I believe I can if I figure it out sufficiently, then I should have it working as I hope.
>>" Options - Privacy - Exceptions."
that section changes according to what the user has chosen in the dropdown box for History. In mine I decided to leave it at the default value it had when I updated a couple of days ago, i.e., "Firefox will: Never remember history". In doing so, that section remained bare. If you change it to something else, then additional control buttons appear there, where a user can make additional decisions for cookies and such. I did not see the change because I left it as I saw it, thinking this would be good to try for a while. However, I can see now that it was maybe not a good choice for me if I also want to control cookies, etc..
My intention in doing so (i.e., Never remember history) was related to this conversation about HTTPS and NoScript. I want to feel confident that I can go from one site to another without disclosing to one of them the cookies I might have gotten elsewhere. If I change my dropdown box so that "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history", while simultaneously setting it to "Always use private browsing mode", this permits me also to have cookies, which I do need to accept from time to time for proper functionality. Now if I can simultaneously keep them obfuscated by using a setting in NoScript, then I should be good-to-go at this point.
I do not need to retain any of these cookies in Firefox from one session to the next. Indeed, even when I leave a site, I want its cookies, if any, to be discarded for the rest of that session and beyond, until I happen to visit again, at which point I can just accept new cookies if need be. Yet, I do not want to have to be making deliberate clicks and choices all the time about deleting cookies as I move from one site to another in any given session. If I can make use of NoScript to manage this issue, as I believe I can if I figure it out sufficiently, then I should have it working as I hope.